[OOC] The Dark Star

[MercuryHg34]

The Dark Star


Long ago, in eons past, there existed but a single being. This being had no name, and had just one purpose: to maintain the stability of the plane in which he resided by simply keeping track of time. After some immeasurable length of time, this being grew weary and began to lose concentration. Fearing there would be no-one to remember him when he was gone, the being gathered the last of its power and divided it into several pieces. Each piece was a new, independent being which we know as our Guardian Deities. He named them Ignis, Luna, Gaia, Aether, and Celestia. Before disappearing, he professed his final wishes upon them.

"My children... you have been created by my essence, and so I ask of you two tasks to perform. First, you shall together continue to keep time in my stead. The task shall be done in turns, so that the others may have opportunities to expand and create what they will. The First Keeper shall be the one whom I have given the name Celestia, the bearer of most of my essence. She may create one thing before I vanish. Second, all of you shall forever remember that I, your creator, have bestowed the gifts of your existence to you from my own self, and are therefore parts of a single One. Do this and you may do what you please in this plane."

"Your will shall be done" the Guardians responded, and with that the being ceased to exist. As this happened, Celestia filled the entire universe with all manner of stars, planets, galaxies and everything in between. Beginning her task as the First Keeper she proclaimed to the others, "Here is my legacy, which shall consume the entire universe so that my presence is all-encompassing of what you four shall create." Disappearing into the empty space between, Celestia began to keep time, and time continued to flow as it should. Impressed by this, the other Guardians worked together to create something that would rival the brilliance of Celestia's creation.

Ignis gazed among the stars Celestia had created, and using all of his strength, created a star for himself which he named "The Sun". Inhabiting the Sun, Ignis fueled the star with his very being, radiating a warm and comforting light unlike any other in the universe. Nearby planets, once cold and isolated, were drawn to the warmth and began to revolve around the Sun as if in celebration. Luna took notice of a particular planet near the Sun; lonely, dry and barren, she felt sorry for it. She then decided to use her power to fill it with rich blue water in the valleys and canyons, and gentle clouds in the air. "This planet, which I shall name Earth, will sparkle brilliantly in the warmth of the Sun" she said as she transformed into a smaller, pale and round rock near it, now called the "Moon". "I shall protect the Earth from all outside chaos that would do it harm as I guide the waters with my presence"

Seeing the awe-inspiring landscape now decorated by oceans and clouds, Gaia used her power to create all life on Earth. She took special care in creating the Humans, who would resemble her in appearence. Having created this life that would acknowledge the power the Guardians displayed, she retreated into a great tree in order to continuously breathe life into the Earth. Now teeming with life and adding a vibrant green hue to the planet, Earth seemed to be complete. Aether, however, decided to add one more element to the mixture. "It is not enough that the Humans live on this planet we made. I shall bestow upon them but a fraction of my own power, so that they too can create and innovate on their own." And so Aether diffused himself amongst the Humans, granting them intelligence, wisdom, and most importantly, the power of the ethereal essence of Mana.

Celestia, seeing all of this, became quite jealous of their accomplishment. Forced to keep time, she could do nothing to add to the planet Earth. Soon, Celestia had been forgotten and only the distant stars in the sky remained to tell her story.

Several thousand years later, in the present, the Earth is experiencing a prosperous Golden Age stronger than any before it. The seasons were gentle on crops, once warring nations now shook hands in the name of peace, and research into Mana has allowed impressive technology to evolve. People work hard to provide for their families and to better their communities as well. Across the globe, thousands gather to pray in shrines dedicated to the four Guardians that created the Earth. All is well as the human race prepares for the largest event in history since their creation: The Dawn of The Second Keeper.

To decide which Guardian would take up the daunting task of keeping time for the next several millennium, an oracle chosen by the Guardians themselves will perform a ritual designed to choose a Guardian arbitrarily and without bias. The ritual is set to occur at the next Solar Eclipse over the capital of the world's largest country, Alexandria. Here is where the characters will start off the story, as spectators to this glorious event. However, with change comes the chance for either grand prosperity or cataclysmic catastrophe. Despite everyone's optimism, no-one knows how anything will happen for sure until it has already happened...

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This is a party-oriented, stat-based RP featuring both melee and magical combat. The goal of the game is to save the world from some sort of evil to be revealed later on. Players are able to customize their starting parameters to create the playstyle they want as well. Stats in this game are an invention of my own as well as my co-GM/brother, basically it will work as a simplified combination of Pathfinder and Dark Souls so that it is easy to understand and work with for all players. If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to ask here or in a PM!

The full CS will be available soon, but for now anyone planning to join should fill out this much beforehand.

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (Image and description encouraged, but just one will suffice)
Personality: (At least a paragraph)
Bio: (Be as creative as possible. I'm pretty flexible with back story stuff, so write as much as you want. At least one paragraph.)

More to come soon.

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THE DARK STAR
Glossary & Information

Base Character Sheet (Work In Progress)

Character Creation

Character Creation

When you complete the Character Skeleton presented in the OP by MercuryHg34, I'll make a copy of the spreadsheet linked above for your individual character that you'll be able to view (but not edit) at any time. Then you'll be able to decide what type of build to create for your character.

Deciding Parameters
Every parameter begins at 10, but before your character is "play-ready" you'll be able to edit these values to better reflect what you want your character to BE. Using a "point-buy" system, you can buy and sell parameter points.

Every +1 to a parameter above 10 costs the resulting score minus 10 in Point-Buy points. So increasing from 10 to 11 costs 1, increasing to 12 costs an additional 2, increasing to 13 costs an additional 3, and so on.

Every -1 to a parameter score under 10 earns you 1 Point-Buy point. So going from 10 to 9 earns you 1 point to spend on increasing another score, going from 9 to 8 gives you an additional score, and so on.

Scores are not allowed to be lowered to 2. A parameter score of 3 is the minimum possible score for character creation. Scores that are between 0 and 2 represent different ailments/conditions that (severely) negatively impact your character. For example, a character with less than 3 Intelligence but more than 0 cannot speak or understand any language, and acts only on animal instinct.

Returning a score towards 10 undoes any points spent or gained from changing it.

A character's parameter initial scores are legal when the final balance of Point-Buy points is exactly zero.

Parameter "Point-Buy" Costs

The costs on this chart are to change a Parameter of 10 to the score on the left. No values on this chart stack in any way. The Breakdown on the right shows how the cost of that score are calculated.

Starting Equipment/Inventory
The items and equipment your character starts with will probably match whatever your CS says. However, the statistics on said items will be decided by the GMs, and anything we decide is too powerful of an item/weapon/etc for your character to begin with won't be allowed in your character's starting inventory. Such items will probably be found by/awarded to your character later on in their journey.

Skills/Spells
Individual abilities, perks, maneuvers, and spells that your character can learn and perform are represented as skills on one of 6 skill trees: Core, Combat, Weapon, Magic, Craft and Personal. On every level up, a character gains 6 skill points with which to allocate into any skills they have access to, including 1st level. This allocation can be done at any time.

Core - Core skills represent the very center of your character's being. The most basic and general abilities go here, as well as specific abilities that don't fit elsewhere.

Combat - Combat skills represent tricks, general attacks, and special maneuvers that can be used during battle. They are more generalized abilities but still retain a focus on fighting. This tree also contains general magical abilities that aren't specific to a school of magic.

Weapon - Weapon skills represent specializations in specific types of weaponry. These skills grant bonuses, and allow special actions or attacks when using the appropriate weapon. There are even stances and styles that are specialized in specific weaponry.

Magic - Magic skills represent specialized abilities and individual spells for each school of magic. The effectiveness of each school of magic is concerned separately from one another, allowing the character to focus on one school or divide their talents into many.

Craft - Craft skills represent creations and enhancements that are beyond the mundane and ordinary. These skills focus on creating and improving mostly for means in combat, but can still have other uses. More generalized and simplistic crafting is something assumed to be made by even common folk.

Personal - Personal skills represent an individual's ability to have unique and special abilities. These skills are unique to the character, and are usually centered around a special gimmick or ability the character has developed or was born with. Additionally, a character's ability to use an Exotic Weapon is kept in the Personal Skills section.

Parameters

Parameters

Pretty much all of your character's stats, abilities, skills/spells they can learn, armor/weapons they can use, are influenced or determined by your parameters. Parameters are the very core of your character, other than equipment, spells and skills, they are the only thing you will have direct control over, and altering them will then change the rest of your character's statistics. Parameters begin at 10, can be altered a bit at character creation, and range from 1 to 99, but because of how character creation will work, the lowest possible Parameter score possible will be 3 while keeping the character in stable condition. Outside of statistics and combat, your score in a particular Parameter might vaguely influence the result of an action at the GM's discretion for the purpose of role playing.

CON, STR, DEX and AGI are physical parameters. ATT, INT, FTH, and PRC are mental parameters. VIT is both physical and mental, and is referred to as a universal parameter.

VIT - Vitality is the overall power of your character's life-force. This parameter is the dominant governor of your character's hit points, while every other parameter gives a small contribution to HP. Vitality refers to both your physical and mental health, and therefore also impacts your Stamina and Mana a bit, as well as some other stats.

CON - Constitution is your character's physical fortitude. It governs your Stamina, Equip Load, and a large portion of your physical defenses.

STR - Strength is the brute physical power your character possesses. Strength contributes to your Load, but not as much as CON does. It also amplifies the damage dealt with STR-based weaponry, such as Swords, Hammers, and Fists.

DEX - Dexterity is your character's ability to work with finesse and delicacy. Dexterity is needed to wield and amplifies damage for complex weaponry such as Daggers, Rapiers, Sickles, and Bows.

AGI - Agility is your character's mobility and it will influence your character's Initiative, Evasion and Speed.

ATT - Attunement dictates how in-tune your character is with their Mana, allowing for greater control of Mana in general. Attunement determines your Mana pool, and governs your magical resistances.

INT - Intelligence is the pool of knowledge your character has, and their ability to learn. It affects your character's ability to learn and wield Arcane Magic, and minutely aids in the staving off of Divine Magic.

FTH - Faith is your character's connection and favor with the gods. Faith affects your character's ability to learn and wield Divine Magic, and lends a small hand in resisting Arcane Magic.

PRC - Precision is the ability to focus and perform tasks precisely and accurately. It will determine your character's Perception and Accuracy.

Character Stats

Character Stats

Character Stats are the values that are used in just about all situations in the game, especially combat. This section will discuss some of the core stats, but not all of them are meant to be explained.

LEVEL - Character level. Increases by 1 every time you level up. Each level up grants you 3 Parameter points and 6 Skill points to invest into your character. Any number of skill points can be invested into any skill, but only a maximum of 2 Parameter points can be put into any one Parameter per level-up.

EXP - Experience towards gaining another Character Level. Each time you collect the designated amount, you level up.

Health - Health (or Hit) Points. Represents how close a character is to death. A character with zero Health is dead.

Stamina/Mana - Stamina and Mana are your character's thresholds for performing strenuous physical and magical activities. Attacking, casting spells, and other actions will cost either or both as needed.

Equip Load - The amount of weight wearable by the character for Armor, Weapons and Accessories. Inventory items are not counted. Light, medium and heavy weight tiers influence mobility.

Initiative - Initiative is your character's ability to act before others. The higher the Initiative, the better chance of going first during a round in combat.

Perception - Perception determines how well your character notices things around them. It aids in picking up on things others wouldn't such as traps, hidden passages, loot, etc.

Accuracy - A modifier towards the chance of an attack or action hitting or succeeding.

Evasion - A modifier towards dodging an attack made by an opponent against you.

Speed - The character's overall mobility. Determines general fluidity of movement outside of combat, and in combat it is used when determining the amount of actions possible per turn.

Defense/Resistance - Defense and Resistance are the values that reduce incoming damage of every kind. They are modified by many things, especially the armor the character wears.

Conditional Threshold - Thresholds are a sort-of "build up meter" against special conditions. When a character takes enough damage of a special type to exceed that threshold, they suffer the effects of that condition.

Magic

Magic

Each kind of magic (other than Dark) is a gift to the mortals by the four gods that created and decorated Earth, Ignis, Gaia, Luna and Aether. Each god has granted two forms of magic to the mortals to use:

The god that a school of magic comes from is listed in parentheses after the magic.

Arcane Magic
Stacks with INT
Fire (Ignis)
Earth (Gaia)
Water (Luna)
Force (Aether)

Divine Magic
Stacks with FTH
Light (Ignis)
Fey (Gaia)
Air (Luna)
Ethereal (Aether)

Dark is a very special kind of magic, it is shrouded in secret, its mysterious powers have yet to be unlocked...

**Players cannot make characters able to use Dark Magic**

Flow of Battle

Battle

Battle functions on a turn-by-turn basis, allowing characters to perform multiple actions in such a way that creates a fluid but organized flow. This section will breakdown the terminology and order of events during a round of battle.

Initiative
At the beginning of each round, all combatants must roll initiative to determine the order in which they will act. The roll is done by the GM's on a 20 sided die, referred to as a "d20." Each character rolls 1d20 and adds their initiative modifier. Characters act in the order of highest to lowest roll, after factoring modifiers. If multiple characters roll the same value, they act in the order of highest to lowest natural roll (the roll of the dice before adding modifiers). If the natural rolls are the same, then those characters must reroll initiative against each other. All characters involved in the initial tie act after those who rolled higher and before those who rolled lower.

Taking a turn
Taking a turn with a character is rather simple, there is a series of action types that can be taken, and just about any desirable action will fit into one of the categories of actions. Before a character acts, a GM will make a Speed check to determine the amount of each type of action a character can take during that individual turn. The character can perform their actions in any coherent order (meaning that one cannot perform physically impossible actions, such as attacking with their sword before it is drawn).

Replenishing Health, Stamina and Mana
At the beginning of a character's turn, he restores Health, Stamina and Mana equal to 5% of their maximum, each. This value can (and most likely will) be heavily augmented by skills and abilities later on in a character's progression.

Speed Check
Under normal circumstances, a character can perform one Standard, one Move, one Swift, and any number of Free actions during their turn, and can perform them in any order. A speed check is rolled on 1d100, or out of percent, and is compared to a calculated target roll needed to pass on multiple different levels. A character who passes the check will gain either an additional Swift action or an additional Standard action based on the roll. The Speed Check is made after Replenishment and before the character can make actions for their turn.

Standard Action - Standard actions are the most complex and time-consuming actions a character can take. The most common standard action is to attack an enemy, but other actions such as spell casting or performing specific skills can cost a standard action. Any action that costs a move or swift action can be performed as a standard action as well.

Move Action - The move action is dominantly used for moving across the battlefield, but can be used for other actions such as drawing an item can also cost a move action. Any action that costs a swift action can also be performed as a move action. A move action can be performed in place of a standard action, allowing for multiple move actions in one turn.

Swift Action - A swift action is one that takes little time to perform, but is still substantial, such as drawing a weapon. Common swift actions are activating certain abilities, but most swift actions are situational. A swift action can be performed in place of a standard or move action, allowing for multiple swift actions in one turn.

Free Action - Free actions take no time at all to perform, and a character can perform as many free actions in one turn as they wish. The two most common free actions are pivoting one's body to face in a different direction, and speaking.

Full-Round Action - A full-round action is one that consumes a character's entire turn to perform. The character sacrifices his Standard, Move and Swift action to perform the Full-Round action. He can still perform Free actions. Any extra action awarded by the Speed Check are not affected by use of a Full-Round action.

Immediate Action - An immediate action is an action that a character performs instantly, even if it is not their turn. This type of action is exceedingly situational, however.

Range
Range out of battle is completely negligible, determined only by role-play context. In battle, it still is not exact, but becomes subjective. There are multiple different terms that define range in relation from one character or object to another for the purpose of battle. These terms are used to outline where a character can move and attack. All weapons have their effective range listed individually, but a generalization is described here for ease.

Minimal - The closest range, Minimal is literally a "point-blank" range. Melee weapons such as swords and fists can touch a target at this range.

Short - Short range is just out of reach of close-quarters combat. Any ranged weaponry will have a minimum effective range of Short, and elongated melee weapons such as lances, halberds or whips can strike a foe at short range.

Medium/Middle - Medium range (also referred to as Middle, both names are used for ease of word-preference) is the common range for ranged weaponry that rely on manpower to be sent airborne. Most thrown weaponry and shots from a short-bow are effective at middle range, as well as most magic.

Long - Long range is where ranged weaponry truly shine. Most archery and gun-slinging combat is performed at long range, and some thrown weaponry is designed for this distance.

Remote - Remote range is extremely far from the character or object in question. The only forms of combat that is possible at remote range are select spells of magic, sniper-gunning, or siege-engine warfare.

Taking Action
Taking an action, or all the actions of your turn, is as simple as stating what you wish to do. You will be told at the start of your turn if you are awarded any extra actions from your speed check, so that you are better able to plan your turn before you do anything. You are not restricted to the actions below, you are able to come up with your own actions, and the GMs will decide what type of action it would cost to perform. Anything commonly performed will be added to this list of common actions:

*Any action that is dependent on your Accuracy and the target's Evasion can be assumed to automatically hit if the target wills it so. This way, the target of a healing spell does not need to worry about "accidentally dodging" the spell.

Attack - Attacking a foe costs a standard action. When you attack, the base accuracy of the attack is modified by your Accuracy and the target's Evasion, and then 1d100 is rolled to determine if the attack hits. Upon hit, damage is dealt against the target.

Cast Magic - Casting a spell is most commonly a standard action, but individual spells can cost differently, as well as applying skills that alter the casting speed of a spell. When a spell is targeted at a target, the base accuracy of the spell is modified by your Accuracy and the target's Evasion, and then 1d100 is rolled to determine if the spell hits. Upon hit, the spell's effects manifest unto the target. You must have either a free hand to cast magic or be wielding a catalyst.

Use Item - Using an item is most commonly a standard action, but this can chance depending on the individual item. Additionally, the use of an item can call for a percent change of success or other rolls needed for the item's effect to function.

Move - Moving across the battlefield is a move action. When moving, specify a prominent feature on the battlefield at a known range, possibly an object or creature, and describe your movement about this target: towards, away from, strafing around, etc. Moving one range towards or one range away from a target costs one move action. For the purpose of movement, characters and objects can be described in estimates of ft. in relation to each other, as well as Range titles.

Draw Item - Drawing an item from a stowed position on your person can be either a move or swift action, depending on where it is stowed on you. Generally, it will cost a swift action to draw an item from a pocket or frontal pouch, and a move action to draw it from your backpack, satchel, or rear pouch.

Draw Weapon - Drawing your weapon from a stowed position on your person is a swift action. If both of your hands are free, you can draw your weapon directly into a two-handed position at no additional cost.

Stow Item/Weapon - Putting your weapon or item away is a move action.

One/Two-Handing - Switching between one-handed and two-handed on a weapon is a swift action. You must have a free hand in order to grip your weapon with both hands. Releasing your weapon with your second hand makes that hand free.

Drop - Dropping anything you are currently holding is a free action. If the item is fragile, or the distance dropped is great, the item risks damage and potentially breakage upon hitting the ground.

Pivot - Turning your body to face any direction is a free action.

Speech - Talking, yelling, whispering, or performing any vocal action is a free action, unless the vocal action is used in tandem with a skill or ability, in which case, it is considered part of that skill or ability for the purpose of acting during battle.

Formulas

Formulas

All calculations round down to the nearest whole number, unless specified otherwise by the individual formula.

Legend

Legend

Base - Base accuracy of an action.

Acc - Accuracy modifier of the character performing the action.

Eva - Evasion modifier of the target of the action.

Attk - Attack value of the attacker's weapon, spell or other action.

Def - Defense or Resistance value of the target.

P.Spd - Speed of the individual making the Speed Check.

A.Spd - Average Speed of every combatant other than the individual making the Speed Check.

+ - * / - Add, subtract, multiply, divide.

Calculations

Calculations

Hit
Base*(Acc/Eva)=%

Damage
Because most weapons deal multiple types of damage, most types of damage are calculated against the defender's respective defense or resistance stat separately. The exceptions are the stats listed under a defender's "Physical Defenses." The Physical attack stat of a weapon deals combinations of Normal, Slash, Pierce and Crush damage at the same time, depending on the combination of the weapon's attack types, in which case, the defender averages all relevant physical defenses and defends with this new value.

Attk-Def=Damage

Speed Check
Speed check produces a value in % that a 1d100 must match or roll under to pass. If the roll matches or passes by more than half of this calculated value, the character making the check gains one additional Swift action for this turn. If the roll is half of the target or lower, the character gains an extra Standard action instead of Swift.

[(P.Spd/A.Spd) / ((P.Spd/A.Spd)+1)] * 100 = %

[Silver Fox]

I shall work on mine soon as I decide what kind of character I want xD

Alright hope this is okay :p

Name: Zidar Val Ashtira

Nickname: Zid

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Alignment: Lawful Good

Appearance:


Stands 6'0 with very clear blue eyes.

Equipment:

•Oak Staff
-A staff made by the natural bark of a oak tree in order to further focus magical energy. Very light and easy to carry around.

•Iron Shield of Fortitude
-A very large iron shield that was made to shield oneself and others.
•Armor of Mystic
-White armor that increases defense and magic, but is heavy and decreases agility and stamina.

Abilities/Spells:

•Zahir
-A summon of a weasel sized creature that costs low magic usage do to being a support creature with little ability. He shares eyesight with Zidar and is able to fly and move around quickly. He is mostly used to spy or sneak into places. He is a air element summon.
•Celeste
-A summon of a pure white lightly armored Pegasus. Affinity to light, Celeste uses light magic to heal allies. Able to do some minor damage to opponents with physical attacks.

Personality: Zidar is a bit of the quiet sort and doesn't really talk to people, preferring to talk to her summons instead. A bit anti-social, though mostly socially awkward, she has a hard time figuring out how exactly to act around actual people. Usually ending up coming off as rude when she speaks to others without meaning to. Blunt and honest, she speaks what is on her mind without a second thought, though usually regrets it when she says something that hurts someone's feelings. Still, despite her slight attitude, she is kind and considerate, always willing to do what she believes is right and help those in need. Born to a noble household and the Church, she follows the laws to the letter and the few times she does speak to people is to notify them of their wrong doings. Preaching the importance of upholding the law and following the code of honor. Merciful, she tends to allow opponents to make the first move as well as refusing to lay any harm to a unarmed opponent.

Bio: Born as the youngest daughter of a noble knight, Zidar dreamed of being just like her father and serving under the noble code of justice. However, to her dismay she was always disheartened due to her lack of eyesight. As a child, she played by herself as her siblings went off to play with the town children and her father was off on his duties.

Every night she had prayed to the gods for a way to walk the path of her father. At the age of ten, she had been playing with a wooden child shield when suddenly she was able to see colors and shapes. And she saw a child with a wooden child shield. Blinking curiously, she found herself moving into the child's hands and discovered at the same moment, something furry enter her own hands. It was a creature that called himself Zahir. A summoning creature. The gods had answered her, and she eagerly showed the summoned creature to her family. They were surprised but they quickly sent their daughter to a magic school to further her skills.

For ten long years, she studied the art of magic, while also using the power of Zahir to train her body in order to defend and use a shield to protect others. All was peaceful as she trained, evening earning a new summon known as Celeste. Through these ten years she helped those in need, though since there was peace most of the tasks were simple ones. Stopping a thief, giving faith to the unfortunate, and praying with those who visited Aether's temple.

All was quiet and peaceful. For now.

Stats

VIT - 12

CON - 13

STR - 7

DEX - 4

AGI - 4

ATT - 12

INT - 9

FTH - 13

PRC - 8

[Njorne]

This is a WIP.

Name: Mischa Neville
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Alignment: Neutral Good.

Appearance:

Mischa, The Inventor

Mischa is commonly seen sporting a somewhat short black cape with a hood attached, atop her head matching black goggles of her own design are constantly strapped ready to go. She wears a large black sack attached to her back with straps designed to hold Bonehew which constantly looms over her shoulder. A thick leather belt wrapped around her waist holsters her gun along with a variety of pouches and seems to hold two black leather gloves at her waist. Preferring not to wear much armor, seeing maneuverability as a necessity, she wears a heavy leather tunic which protects her from enemies as well as dangerous materials and relies mostly on her speed for her defense.

Equipment:The following list shows the current list of inventions Mischa carries with her.

• A pair of Goggles
- A special invention built to help Mischa in a variety of ways, not only do they have an intricate and advanced zoom feature but the lens are also designed to adjust to the current light in the area. They are able to operate in almost total darkness and shield from the brightest of lights.

• Fist of Atlas
- A highly durable gauntlet which is currently 'in-the-works', Mischa keeps a variety of possible ideas in her mind for the use of this item. As of now, it allows her to handle dangerous material without using her bare hands. The gauntlet is also made from Cerulean Steel, the same material as the hammer's handle when charged with mana this allows Bonehew to almost fuse to her hand, making it nigh impossible to disarm her.

• Bonehew
- A heavy two-handed hammer fashioned with a mixture of highly advanced metals, in particularly the Cerulean Steel her father was made famous by. Bonehew is not only a tool she uses whilst forging but also proves to be her most proficient form of fighting.

Personality: Like many great scientists, Mischa is wrapped up in her world of creation. This aloof nature which keeps her from forming advanced friendships helps her focus on her work and keeps her ever-active mind on one subject. Viewing herself as both a hero and a powerful mind Mischa knows she is a forced to be reckoned with and is not one to back down from a fight. First impression of Mischa from most is an abrasive, bullheaded and blunt girl who is far too obsessed with her work but when they get to understand the method to her madness, most realize Mischa is one of a kind. Her highly developed mind is adept at analyzing situations while her rage grants her a fury few want to be on the receiving end of, this is the balance those who know Mischa come to understand.

Biography: Raised in the highly wealthy Neville family, who made their fortune from the creation of "Cerulean Steel", Mischa had access to every advantage from a young age. While most would believe her to be spoiled or smug, Mischa utilized her assets from a young age becoming something of a prodigy inventor. While she was skilled in both machining and magic, she was particularly skilled at how she could mold raw materials. Her first feat was when she was able to create over three hundred alternate ways to utilize the Cerulean steel her family created. Cerulean steel itself is a dense, dark blue metal created through an advanced smelting process which allows it to conduct high amounts of mana. When mana is present in the metal's structure the steel appears to react like a variety of other specialized material but unlike most this reaction appears varies, exactly how this occurs and why is unclear, but Mischa has still managed to invent new ways to use this very unique and highly valuable material. Becoming an asset to her father's business, he funded his young daughter even more and at age fourteen she was widely known throughout the scientific and artisan communities alike for her inventions which seemed to always be militaristic in nature.

As her family gained more power, they also acquired more enemies. At first simple business rivals attempting to steal secrets but these dark acts became evil in nature when they grew into a violent war for dominance between the two. The two companies would hire gangs and thugs to act as foot soldiers, attempting to muscle the other around. This eventually evolved into more personal attacks when Mischa herself was targeted in an attempted murder. It wasn't long after when she was about seventeen that her parents were taken in the dead of night and never heard from again. Not being of age, Mischa wasn't allowed to take over the company and was forced to allow her uncle the seat of power. Within months, the company was nothing more than a small mining operation that produced an important load of Cerulean steel. Mischa now seeks to rebuild her family's industrial empire with the small amount of money she was left with, a single mining operation and her mind.

[Whisket]

Name: Farihn'ak Berund (Often referred to as 'Far' or 'Frank' to those who know him.)

Age: 60

Gender: Male

Alignment: Neutral Good

Appearance:
Farihn'ak is a man of average height, with heavily tanned skin and white/grey moustache perched across his lip. Despite his age he is in decent shape from his extensive traveling, far from feeble but no athlete either.

Equipment:
Frank's Tome: A large, black tome that he has carried with him for almost all of his life in pursuit of magic. Contains all manner of magics many of which the potential has yet to be fully realized.

Redwood walking stick: A walking stick made of redwood, with a small chunk of mama conducting ore at the bottom carved into a flat, cylindrical shape. Frank doesn't use it as much for walking but as a conduit for spells.

Shaman's earrings: A set of golden earrings, said to provide spiritual energy.

Personality: Farihn'ak is a jovial old man, and despite his age and extensive traveling, he remains curious and ever studious of the world around him. He can be prone to distraction when it comes to new things, especially if it is related to magic but for the most part focuses on the task ahead of him. due to his background as a merchant he is a staunch haggler when it comes to trading and will try and get the best deal possible, be it with coin or any other manner of goods. Outwardly and at first glance Frank appears as somewhat strange, he's constantly attempting to learn or create new ways to utilize magic and often has himself coated in ground herbs and salves or powdered mana conducting ores in strange patters all over his body and often give him an earthy smell to accompany his kind, old personality.

Bio: Frank was born into a family of merchants and from the time he was old enough to understand the concept of trading he was thrust into the family business. At a young age he traveled far and wide with his parents buying, selling and trading various goods to all manner of cities, villages and everything in-between. One particular time they had stopped at a small village on the outskirts of a swamp wherein lived a tribe of shamans who greatly interested young Frank. Their ways in magic combined the knowledge of the arcane with the faith of strange divine beings. One days as Frank wandered the swamps to watch them perform their practice, he was approached by one of the younger shamans, and after much convincing and offering goods from his parents supply, the shaman agreed to teach him about their ways. Every night for a week Frank would sneak out and train under the shaman, and at the end of it he found the life in the pursuit of knowledge to be much more rewarding than mercantile.

While traveling, Frank would attempt to learn from whomever he could about magic, or find books to read, anything and everything he could do. At the age of eighteen, while he and his parents were staying in a castle town selling their wares, he left a note to his parents explaining his craving for magical knowledge and wanting to leave the mercantile life behind him. Knowing they wouldn't understand and would fight him every step of the way, he left the note and then left the town, with little more than the gold he had earned and supplies to trade and use on his journey. For thirty years he traveled, going to places far and wide on rumors of people teaching strange forms of magic, he learned the basics and the not-so-basics, he always only carried what he needed with him, but always had a large book filled with all of his writings from various places some in different languages, a few were just symbols and hastily written instructions. Most of the magic he sought out to learn was for the benefit of others, he rarely was interested in magic to cause direct harm.

At the end of his great journey with he book nearly full of magic from the far reaches of the land he decided to settle down, he loved to travel but it was time to slow down. He settled in a small city and after some time managed to open a small shop, selling various goods from his travels that e could recreate, such as potions and a few weakly enchanted items. He's had the shop for a little over a decade now, he often can be found experimenting with the various magics in his book he has yet to fully decipher or understand he still occasionally yearns for the life of travel so much has changed since he has settled down, he feels as though he will continue to practice magic until the day he dies. For now however, he manages his shop and lends a helping hand here and there when needed. He contemplates his life had he not left his parents, he wonders if they ever came in search of him and if they are even alive.

Stats:
VIT- 5
CON-3
STR-3
DEX-4
AGI-3
ATT-13
INT-15
FTH-13
PRC-12

[MercuryHg34]

Age is not that important. As long as it's reasonable and you can fill those years with interesting back story then you'll be fine.

[Konica]

Since everyone else is reserving a spot I may as well.

Name: Kuzo Tachi aka Rina
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Appearance

Short and thin by most standards, Kuzo often appears younger than she is. She has long silky hair and an incredibly clear complexion, but otherwise lacks outstanding features.

Equipment:

• Katana
- The blade is her primary, and only, weapon. Swords are her preferred choice of weapon, and the katana her preferred sword. It is designed purely as a cutting weapon, and is less effective against heavy armor.

• Armor
- A set of light armor, mostly protecting her torso. It is mostly leather with some leather scales weaved in. Designed to be lightweight and allow maximum mobility.

• Headband
- Keeps the sweat off her eyes. Is actually a folded banner of her former house.

Personality: Due to her unusual past Kuzo has two sides, one of which she keeps to herself. Most of the time, she is very polite and lady like. She maintains perfect posture and all her movements have a smooth grace. Her speech is carefully worded and diplomatic in nature. She has little habits like pressing her hand to her cheek when she's thinking. When provoked she can be very passive-aggressive, but it is often very subtle. It takes a lot to really anger her. Privately Kuzo can be child-like, almost annoyingly so. She never sits still and can be somewhat of a loud mouth.

Biography: Kuzo lived most of her childhood in the slums and resorted to thievery as most do. The orphanage she grew up in was a joke, kids only stuck around so they had a bed to sleep in. She was finally adopted when she was 13 by a noble family, but not out of good faith or charity. She had an uncanny resemblance to the nobles' daughter, Rina. They pondered on the possibility of Kuzo being related, but not for long. They needed her to be Rina's double and body guard. To take her place at public events and give her life for her if need be. Being rich and powerful meant having enemies.

Kuzo spent the next years of her life becoming the perfect double. She spent a lot of time with Rina and watched her carefully, they way she spoke, the way she walked, and all her little habits. Kuzo needed to act precisely the same way if she was to be convincing. She was given the same clothes, fed the same food, and taught the same subjects. Except she was also schooled in the way of the blade so she could protect Rina. It became difficult to tell the two apart, almost impossible if it wasn't for Kuzo's fit physique from all her combat training.

Kuzo and Rina spent so much time together, it was only natural for the two to become best friends. If Kuzo wasn't doubling for Rina, she was almost always by her side acting as a personal bodyguard. However, their relationship became turbulent when Rina's parents arranged a marriage for her with another noble from a powerful house for political purposes. While Rina lacked the courage to go against the marriage, Kuzo was vocal about her disapproval of the groom; but did nothing at Rina's request. Opposing houses saw the marriage and joining of the two parties as a threat, and sent assassins to kill Rina... they succeeded. But the alliance was too important to let die, so Kuzo became Rina. Not merely just a double, but a perfect imitation she'd have to keep up 24/7. And she did, for four years.

For four years Kuzo lived someone else's life. With Rina gone there was no one she could be herself with. In time she lost herself more and more, some days she couldn't even remember her real name. She began to believe she was Rina, she even dreamed her dreams. Until one day she couldn't take it anymore, Kuzo took off in the middle of the night, never to return. They only searched for her half heartily, since the alliance between the two houses was already built they had no need for her anymore. Only her "husband" really cared, and continues to search for her.

It's been six months since then. She still struggles with her identity, and prefers to use "Rina" as her public persona. With no one looking after her, she has become a wandering swordsman, often taking simple jobs and accepting food as pay.

Parameters

VIT - 5

CON - 3

STR - 14

DEX - 14

AGI - 13

ATT - 3

INT - 5

FTH - 3

PRC - 13

[Whisket]

MercuryHg34 said
Age is not that important. As long as it's reasonable and you can fill those years with interesting back story then you'll be fine.

Sweet, I'll have it up as soon as I can.

[Bazzyboss]

What exactly is the time period? It's never really mentioned what the technology is. (Not a reserved spot, just asking.)

[MercuryHg34]

I was planning to add a section about it, but basically think of it as somewhere between medieval and Final Fantasy. Things like hunting, farming, castles, knights in shining armor, etc. are still around but because of Mana some advanced technologies such as home insulation, heating and lighting, air ships (for the considerably wealthy) and even Mana guns exist. Transportation can be horses (with or without carts/wagons) or basic forms of Mana-powered vehicles such as air ships and Ford-T style Mana cars. These are much rarer since they are a new technology recently invented. Think of it as electricity and other forms of modern fuel being replaced by or used less because of Mana.

[Silver Fox]

So it's kinda like FF9's world? Medieval with magic tech? (Hah funny I'm just replaying that game)

[Jerkchicken]

More like all of the later final fantasys.

Since they're pretty much some flavor of magitech but with different aesthetics

[Light]

2nd post updated with link to Character Sheet, and also Parameter explanations. Hopefully this is enough to start putting character ideas together, as the formulas for most of the other Character Stats aren't finished yet.

[Light]

Most of the actual stats will calculate themselves when you change whatever you're entitled to change. So you can really just rely on the general effects that Parameters give when deciding what to do with your character. The values for things on equipments and items will be made and balanced by Merc and I as well so you also don't have to worry about that.

[Light]

And all interest dies as soon as I explain stats. Great...

[Silver Fox]

Sorry still interested just been preoccupied... with harvest moon

[Whisket]

Same here just been working on my CS and have been a bit preoccupied.

[Light]

Mercury are you and I going to make character for this too?

[Njorne]

Light said
And all interest dies as soon as I explain stats. Great...

Give us time to make characters! :P

I'm waiting to see what others are planning, personally I think I'm gonna go with a female artisan type, focused on forging and imbuing using blunt objects as weapons, mainly large hammers. Just to give you an idea on what I'm planning.

[Silver Fox]

Njorne said
Give us time to make characters! :PI'm waiting to see what others are planning, personally I think I'm gonna go with a female artisan type, focused on forging and imbuing using blunt objects as weapons, mainly large hammers. Just to give you an idea on what I'm planning.

I'm kinda doing the same thing. XD I usually play a cold paladin/knight female for medieval fantasy but that may change depending on other characters. Might even make a guy character. Dunno